Recommend a PCI card

Well the best you could get is a 9400GT and 8400GS for PCI, chances are your CPU will bottleneck those cards anyway....

No, vouslavous is right. You can get the 9400GT (512MB or 1GB), 8500GT (256MB), HD2400 Pro (256MB) or 8400GS (256MB or 512MB) from NewEgg in PCI. I listed them in the order of best performing to worst performing (I think). I don't know the rest of your specs, but I bet you could run WoW at 1024x768 with one of the first two cards.

I've tried 8400 GS PNY and the Windows XP stopped loading (the blue bar just stopped moving). No one has answered to the problem in my other thread, but I think it has to do with the low power output watts.

Do you mean the driver for my monitor? Otherwise, I don't have any display driver since I bought my pre-built HP computer. It's A844n model if you still wonder.

....Why 1GB?

how in the hell could that be of any use?

not worth the extra $

Ahh, sorry forgot about the PCI bus, this usually is the slowest bus right now and its not really reccomended for a video card, I guess that the 1GB would be useless because the transfer rate would be slow. I dunno just a thought,

Why is that? Isn't more dedicated video memory always better? Seriously, I don't know. Learn me somethin'.

I too am looking for the best video card between 50-125$, in my case as a replacement for my 8500 GT, which only has one DVI. My application is pure home theatre (recording TV, watching internet programming, watching my own content in Media Center). I want to run two DVI signals simultaneously (24" LCD HP Monitor and Sony WPL 1080p projector) with the best results, and I am green on what the specs mean. Is the 9400 GT the best choice for me in your opinion?

Thanks!
Kevin

Thanks for your help!

My PC: HP Pavilion Elite m9000z CTO Desktop PC 3GB RAM

When I look up the specs on HP site, (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/prodinfoCategory?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3629361),
I notice the following:

Expansion slots: Two PCI
One PCI Express x16 graphics (for a graphics card)
One PCI Express x1 (for cards such as network, sound, tv-tuner)

Video graphics Integrated graphics using nVidia GeForce 6150SE
Up to 256MB (with 512MB or more PC memory)
Also supports PCI Express x16 graphics cards*

NOTE: *Either integrated graphics or the PCI Express x16 slot are usable at one time; they are not usable concurrently.

I think that when I ordered the PC (~18 months ago), I upgraded from the 6150SE to the 8500GT/512MB... but I don't know whether it is PCI or PCI-E. I'm not local to the PC right now, so I can't check via NVidia control panel (although I've read that what's listed there is suspect anyway).

Since I have a PCI-E expansion slot, it doesn't matter, right? I should be able to remove the 8500 (whether PCI or PCI-E) and put in the new 9400 in the PCI-E (or whatever card you recommend is best for my use case) slot and be good to go?

Again, just want the best home theatre performance I can get from this PC. I also do a lot of home video editing (DVI tape over 1394) using Pinnacle Studio software.

Best regards,
Kevin

The 8500GT is practically almost not quite but close to the 8500GT. What are you planning to do with this card? Also please start another thread before asking questions. Thanks

Here is the link to the new thread - sorry for breaking protocol!

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/foru [...] _15_0.html

??? But the 9400 appears to be a single DVI out...

"I want to run two DVI signals simultaneously "